29-year-old stand-up comedian Sidharth Sagar, who is currently winning hearts with his performances on the Zee tv’s Comedy show recently went missing from the shoot. The cops found him in a very bad state on August 26th night, and they called his mother. Sidharth’s mother Alka Sagar who was in Delhi, got him admitted to rehab where he is currently being treated.
Siddharth has been replaced by Jamie Lever on the show.
In an interview with BT, Sidharth’s mother talked about the incident and shared, “I was with Sidharth all this while and had recently come to Delhi because my 12-year-old pet was very unwell and I had to rush back home. After I came here I learned about Sidharth and I was devastated to know and it was a big setback for me. But as I am out of Mumbai I have no clarity what exactly happened to him. I have got him admitted to rehab but I haven’t got a chance to know what exactly went wrong. I am travelling to Mumbai today and will be meeting him, only after that I will have clarity. I had got a call from the police station that Sidharth Sagar was found in a bad state and he only remembered my name and number and they called me up. They asked me to take him from there. The tragic part is whenever he has got into such a situation none of his friends, well wishes or anyone has come forward to help him. It has always been his parents but he has never understood to value his family. I am a mother and I want him to get out of the situation. I have always been around him and never let him be alone, but unfortunately I had to travel to Delhi for my pet who was unwell and later passed away. We came here and we got a call about Sidharth. I am yet to figure out what exactly went wrong.”
She revealed that Sidharth is a bipolar and he had stopped his treatment, “Not many are aware that he was undergoing treatment for bipolar and he used to have hallucinations. I tried to balance his life and got him till here. I had always told him that the more popular you get, the more enemies you will make in the industry. I had always taught him to lead a balanced life and not to run behind money. For me peace is the most important thing and I had told him that. We can feed you your entire life but don’t want to see you again in a bad state. I will fight for my son till my last breath and not let anyone come in between. If it would not have been urgent I would have never travelled to Delhi. I am not sure if it is because of drugs or because he had stopped his treatment for bipolar. That I will only get to know him when I speak to him when I come back to Mumbai.”
She further adds, “We had started his medication for bipolar but he abruptly quit in between. He stops taking the medicine. I feel something somewhere is not right because of which all these things are happening again and again. He was doing so well in his career. The last time people duped him so badly, they had not even left clothes on his body. He had stopped the treatment for bipolar. He needs to be cured at this moment,”
Requesting the Government to stop the illegal sale of drugs, she said, “I just want to request the Government to ban drugs completely. Doing raids at various places and arresting a few drug peddlers will not help anyone. The drug substance that is available should be banned completely. I am a mother and it breaks my heart. We make movies on drug menace but we are not banning. I am just relieved that nothing like Sushant Singh Rajput happened to him. It was Sidharth’s willpower that he got out of drugs last time. Two years he stayed with me and then he started working.”
Four years ago, Sidharth accused his parents, and especially his mother of forcefully keeping him in an asylum. However, last year in an interview Sidharth gave credit to his mother for supporting him. He was later reunited with his parents and even claimed to come clean.